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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 666: [he] hiera synodos ton apo tes oikoumenes peri ton Dionyson kai autokratora Kaisara, Traianou hyion, theou Nerva hyionon, Traianon Hadrianon Sebasto<n> techneiton hieroneikon stephaneiton (l. techniton hieronikon stephaniton) kai t<o>n touton synagoniston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Syria
iii. Site Apameia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ἡ] ἱερὰ σύνοδος τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκουμένης περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον καὶ αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα, Τραιανοῦ υἱὸν, θεοῦ Νερούα υἱωνὸν, Τραιανὸν Ἁδριανὸν Σεβαστὸ<ν> τεχνειτῶν ἱερονεικῶν στεφανειτῶν (l. τεχνιτῶν ἱερονικῶν στεφανιτῶν) καὶ τ<ῶ>ν τούτων συναγωνιστῶν (SEG 48: 1844, ll. 1-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [he] hiera synodos ton apo tes oikoumenes peri ton Dionyson kai autokratora Kaisara, Traianou hyion, theou Nerva hyionon, Traianon Hadrianon Sebasto<n> techneiton hieroneikon stephaneiton (l. techniton hieronikon stephaniton) kai t<o>n touton synagoniston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 117 - 138 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:oikoumene
Personal:peri autokratora Kaisara, Traianou hyion, theou Nerva hyionon, Traianon Hadrianon Sebaston
Professional:technitai, hieronikai, stephanitai, synagonistai
Status-related:technitai, hieronikai, stephanitai, synagonistai
Theophoric:peri ton Dionyson
Other:hiera
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: SEG 48: 1844, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 48: 1844 (AD 117-138)
Note See also: AArchSyr 23 (1973): 47 no. 10; AGRW 266; AE 1976: 686
Online Resources AArchSyr 23 (1973): 47, no. 10 and AGRW ID 1880
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorary inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Base of a statue
ii. Source(s) provenance From the thermae of Lucius Iulius Agrippa

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The synodos honours Iulius Paris, "citizen of every city", pantomime actor, archiereus for life and stemmatephoros of Apollon Archegetes. These offices were apparently civic ones, not those of the synodos.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Rey-Coquais, J.-P. (1973), ‘Inscriptions grecques d’Apamée’, AArchSyr 23: 39-84, esp. 47-8, 63-4.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The Dionysiac artists are a special case of association, acting as an independent state in many respects, but they remained a private network.